What is this?

The Forum Role-play Index is a place for Escapists to obtain information on the many, many, many role-plays available without having to go through lots of individual pages. It's also a place for new role-plays to get some publicity.

How can I contribute?

You can help expand the Index by submitting active role-plays. Please only post links to threads that you are either GMing or are participating in. Once an RP is posted to the Index it does not need to be re-posted unless there is something that requires correcting - such as if a role-play has been re-opened, is on hiatus, or has ended.

Please submit role-plays using the following format:

Name Of the Role-play

GM(s): Who is in charge of the role-play? Co-GMs may also be listed here.Genre: What is the RP based on or what is its overall genre / type? Ex: Western, Sci-Fi, Anime, Horror.Status: Is the thread new and Accepting Sheets? Is it Open to sheet submissions by PM? Is it Open Permanently for new players? Or has the RP begun and progressed far enough that it's now Closed to new applicants?

Link: Copy and paste the thread URL here or use the LINK tag.Usergroup: If you have made a User Group for the role-play, include the link here.

Description: Write a brief description/summary of the role-play. Try and sell the idea to potential applicants.

Author's Note: Thanks to Claymorez and CounterAttack for the original Index thread(s). If anyone missed Counter's GM Interviews in the old thread they can still be found here.

INDEX START

Updated On : 05-17-16

Open (Started)

Description: See your avatar? Make it a character. If ever there was a democratic RP, this is it. Permanently open, you can drop in and out as you see fit. There are nominal GMs, but we're mostly there to make huge plot arcs and tank everything. Adaptation is key, since you never quite know what your fellow posters will come up with...

Closed (Started)

Description: "The Ashlanders" is an RP about bandit raids, train robberies and good old fashioned wasteland warfare! This RP's best served with some funky beats to set the mood and a quirky imagination. But be warned, not everyone's sanity will survive this disaster!

Battlegrounds

Description: Gensia, an all-new region in the Pokémon world, plays host to Trainers from foreign lands as they explore the region, challenge the Gyms and investigate the strange differences in Pokémon they thought they knew like the back of their hand.

Battlegrounds is a variation on standard Pokémon role-plays in that it takes a lot of cues from the Blaze Black and Volt White mod for the first Black and White games.

Demigods 3.0

GM(s):CounterAttack, co-GMs to be determinedGenre/Type: Hybrid of Fantasy, Mythology and Modern timesStatus: In development, Yet to be released

Link: None Yet

Description: In the present day, the Ancient Greek Pantheon is alive and well. The gods have children, in a sense: demigods. Half-god, half-human. These individuals, gifted with a portion of their parent's power, are tasked with defending humanity from the monsters found in Greek mythology. For with the power of the divine comes the burden of responsibility.

The third version of the Demigods role-play will see a properly done version of events: the previous edition had many errors that could have been avoided.

Description: In a world torn apart by the discovery of unexplained superpowers bestowed upon random individuals, you play as a citizen who after half a year of suffering is randomly granted superpowers as well. The second Collapse, a nickname that will be given to this new event only years later is our setting of the game - and now it's up to you to choose how to play. Will you other-throw tyrants or join them? Re-establish the benevolent republic of the USA and work with the remnants of the federal government? The CHOICE is all yours.

Two more RPs I'm working on and gathering players in:

Veneficus Terminus

GM(s): TheIronRulerGenre/Type: Magical Fantasy adventureStatus: Open, Not Started. Open to new applicants in the recruitment thread.

Description: It had been kept a secret since the dawn of time - The Source will only reveal itself to a master once every decade in a magical tournament like no other. All of the magicians of the world flock to watch as the desperate and the royal fight for the chance to ask the ultimate question - and receive an answer. However things might not go as planned...

.

Sixteen Tons

GM(s): TheIronRulerGenre/Type: Futuristic Sci-Fi Jail BreakStatus: Open, Not Started. Open to new applicants in the recruitment thread.

Description: You have either sinned against God, the State or your Bank, and landed yourself in Jail with a sentence and a hefty debt to boot. Always in the red, your chances of leaving the coal tunnels digging down to hell itself are slim at best. But something is brewing in this prison, rumors of experimentation on prisoners and strange sounds coming from the debts of hell, as the prisoners keep chipping away at the coal.

Description: The year is 2015, and the world now faces a threat unlike any other. Startng with unexplained UFO sightings, and leading into a possible incursion in Asia, the governments of the world have chosen to activate their planned contingency. Earth's first and last line of defence: The Extraterrestrial Combat Unit; XCOM, for short.

It's a shame we couldn't have kept using the old thread since that had a nice history to it and some GM interviews too but oh well, guess it wasn't really being used much any-more. Here's two submissions, one of my own RP's and another that I'm a co-GM in:

Star Brigade: A 53rd Century Adventure RP

Brief Description: An RP based in the 53rd century universe as developed by the Escapist community in an effort lead by Avouleance2nd, Star Brigade features the struggle of the 7th Diplomatic Corps to prevent a war erupting between two alien species: the Norg and Durras. The RP contains over 11 playable races and flexible roles for players to fit into whether their style is military, diplomatic, medical, scientific or anything-else imaginable.

Vigil: A Character Driven Sci-Fi RP

Brief Description: Set in the year 2455, this RP features the lives of the citizens of Vigil, a far north city based on oil and a sharply divided society. Six decades after the Oil Spill Riots and with tensions between rich and poor rising again, can the peace be kept in Vigil or is the city doomed to tear itself apart?

Aether Shanties

GM(s):Wenseph Co-GM hiei82Genre/Type: SteampunkStatus: Closed for now / StartedLink:ThreadDescription: A race between an imperial frigate and a pirate airship, that will likely come to determine the future of the post-apocalyptic world it's set in.

Regeneration: a Transformers RP

GM: Diablo1099Genre/type: Combat, TeamStatus: OpenLink: ThreadDescription: After the Autobots won over the Decepticon's a Unit of mis-matched Autobots are sent to Earth as a token of Thanks to Humanity.Like it was ever going to end well...

JoJo:It's a shame we couldn't have kept using the old thread since that had a nice history to it and some GM interviews too but oh well, guess it wasn't really being used much any-more.

Well, I think that the GM Interviews should still be linked in the OP or something.

I could potentially come back to interviewing... the issue, however, is the questions that would be asked. I couldn't think of any other questions to use after the first set of interviews, regardless of who they were aimed at (GMs or players).

GM(s): I will be running it, I am also currently looking for a co-GMGenre/Type: Competitive Sandbox Style game, trying to focus on creation myths.Status: Currently recruiting both players, Co-GM applicants would be nice as well

Slow but steady, like most the RP's I'm in it seems to have gradually morphed into having longer but less frequent posts. The Star Brigade was hijacked by some C.O.L a while back and the corps are leading an assault to get it back. Lime is one of those taking part in the assault and Kalade is one of the hostages inside the ship :-)

Good to know it's still going who knows maybe next time the setting is used I might dip back in see how things go.

Cool, if there is something after Star Brigade I probably won't be GMing it though as I have some other ideas for a new original setting or maybe a sequel for an RP I was running that finished earlier this year. You're welcome to come back any time though :-)

Thugs - A Team Rocket RP

GM(s): Redlin5Genre/Type: Crime and adventure.Status: Open/StartedLink: HereUser Group: Thugs -OOC discussion. Updates about the game so far, questions and all OOC discussion takes place here.

Brief description: Yellow team, a group within Team Rocket, finds itself amidst a struggle between the underworld and the political elite of Kanto. Assigned on missions across Kanto, they meet interesting characters and gradually fall away from the centralized control of the criminal organization. When they are suddenly thrust back into the center of the Evil Giovanni's machinations, they find a nation at the brink of collapse. With hope dimming and victory at hand, will they aid the cause of justice or turn Kanto into a Rocket paradise?

You, the players, must choose.

I was the last post in the old index. I hope this one sees some RP's getting some extra attention for recruiting. :)

GM(s): I will be running it, I am also currently looking for a co-GMGenre/Type: Competitive Sandbox Style game, trying to focus on creation myths.Status: Currently recruiting both players, Co-GM applicants would be nice as well

Description:You are part of a Gary Warden team charged with cleaning out the last of the Darkspawn out of Fereldin. However, will the fighting between mage and Templar get in the way and lead to the path of war?

Fate/Infinite

Seven teams, each consisting of a Magus and a Heroic Spirit, are engaged in a secret battle for an almighty artifact. For one reason or another, they have all desire the Holy Grail and the power it contains, and will do anything it takes to acquire it. Whether through feats of might or treachery, they must vanquish their foes one by one, until only they remain.

I am Gladiator!

A Gladiator RP set in the fictional city of Ptolemy. The capital of The Empire. Each player takes on the role of a someone taken from one of the tribes and clans conquered by the Empire and sold into slavery. When the game starts they have each been sold to the Marrick family ludus. There they will be trained to become gladiators in the arena. Those that thrive will become champions, loved by the masses. Those that fall will be forgotten, claimed by the blood soaked sands.

The City V3

GM(s): Korten12Genre/Type: Dark Fantasy Status: Accepting and not started.Link: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/540.396295-EXPANSE-The-City-V3-Fantasy-Epic-Sign-Ups-Open-Not-StartedUsergroup: None - Although we do use Skype.

Description:

Over three thousand years ago the world of Ranajal was vibrant and lush, but now after a dangerous mist was placed over the other continent, everyone rushed to the sole continent that was clean. However due to the mass amount of people, it got cramped. Thus the city was formed. Split into three sections, the city contained the South, Middle and North with mountains blocking off each other. The city covers the entire sections and no forests, fields, and such remain. Walls separate each of the districts in the city, and factions fight for control...

Star Wars: Kestryl

GM(s):PrinceofShapeirGenre/type: Space Opera, Science-Fiction, Adventure, HeistStatus: Open, Has Not StartedLink: [url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/540.395996-Star-Wars-Kestryl[/url]Description: It is a dark time in the galaxy, the Empire's power continuing to rise with no effective resistance groups, while the common citizen is oppressed. For the crew of Kestryl, commanded by Captain Shana Kovan, opportunities abound for profit and a chance to strike back at the hated Empire. But the galaxy is a dangerous place, particularly when the Empire is counted among your enemies.

Description: In a future where corporations rule what's left of a ravaged Earth, maniacs and innocents alike fight to survive inside the worst prison on the planet, dug deep underground in the wastes of Siberia.

UPDATE: 'The Pit: Hell Frozen Over' is now started and closed and won't be accepting sheets until the end of Arc 1.

The Goldmar Incident: A Superhero Role-Play

Description: In the not-too-distant future, the world is undergoing a major change. Superheroes and villains, once thought to be confined to the silver screen and comic books, are emerging in the present-day world. Individuals across the globe are being gifted with strange new abilities, and no-one can discern their origins.

Though they do not know it, a group of students at Goldmar University are about to join the ranks of the superheroes...